Some of the biggest outperformers in the U.S. energy sector— Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy —cut their dividend payouts in the latest quarter as oil prices caused cash flow to slip. The cu...
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Fisker details sales ramp, says Ocean SUV production set to start this month
Fisker Inc. late Wednesday reported a quarterly loss that was wider than Wall Street expected, but kept some of its milestones unchanged, including the start of production of its electric SUV, and gav...
Tupperware stock craters after company warns its debt burden may force it out of business
Tupperware Brands Corp. stock tumbled 41% Wednesday, after the maker of food storage products missed third-quarter earnings expectations, warned it may go out of business, and conceded that some of it...
This oil company is America’s hottest stock. Why won’t its CEO pump more oil?
Vicki Hollub’s Occidental Petroleum controls the biggest piece of the most important area for oil production in the United States. Not so long ago, an oilman in a position like that—and it would’ve be...
SoFi Stock Leaps on Narrower-Than-Expected Loss and Revenue Beat
SoFi Technologies was surging after posting a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and revenue that exceeded forecasts. SoFi (ticker: SOFI), the financial-technology company, reported third-quar...
PayPal’s ‘once beloved story’ is ‘back in vogue’ despite some noise
Headed into PayPal’s third-quarter earnings report, there’s a lot of noise. The company faced backlash in early October for a policy change stating that users could be fined up to $2,500 for spreading...
Shopify CEO Buys $10 Million of Stock in the Open Market
Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke disclosed in a Canadian securities filing that he bought $10 million of the e-commerce software company’s shares on Monday, a week after the company reported its third-quarter...
Qualcomm Stock Is Near an All-Time Low Valuation. Look Beyond the Short-Term.
Investors should look beyond Qualcomm’s short-term financial results when the maker of mobile processors and 5G wireless chipsets reports earnings Wednesday, a Bernstein analyst says. Qualcomm (ticker...
SoFi stock rockets as earnings deemed ‘outstanding’
Shares of SoFi Technologies Inc. were flying higher in premarket trading Tuesday after the financial-technology company posted results that were dubbed “outstanding” by one analyst. Though the company...
Cash key for Chevron and Exxon Mobil as Truist raises stock price targets
Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp.’s strong cash positions have prompted Truist Securities to raise its price targets for the oil and gas giants, as the stocks of both companies rallied toward fresh ...
Apple and Microsoft market caps reached their largest spread on record — at roughly Tesla’s entire valuation
The divergent performances of Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the wake of their latest earnings reports widened the spread between the two companies’ market values to the largest on record at more t...
The S&P 500 can get to 4,150 before ‘reality sets in,’ says Morgan Stanley’s normally bearish top strategist
We’re almost through one of the most feared months of trading, which as it turns out, is set to deliver the best return for the Dow industrials since 1976, and best month since July for the S&P 50...
Adidas Bails From Yeezy. Why That Packs a Punch.
Times are tough at Adidas The German company has too much inventory and falling China sales. It’s slashed guidance, and earnings ran about half what Wall Street expected. The stock is down by more tha...
Volkswagen and Porsche’s Earnings Don’t Make a Lot of Sense. The Numbers, Explained.
Text size Investors should ask themselves why Volkswagen is worth nothing when its stake in Porsche is backed out. AFP via Getty Images European auto makers Volkswagen and Porsche both reported third ...
Qualcomm stock drops more than 7% after poor outlook, months-long chip glut
Qualcomm Inc. shares fell in the extended session Wednesday following the chip maker’s poor outlook, and estimates of about two months or more of inventory it needs to clear in its core business. Qual...